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Ahmadnamah

1 copy of Aḥmad'nāmah by ʿAbd al-Laṭīf "Laṭīf"

Author: ʿAbd al-Laṭīf "Laṭīf" عبد اللّطيف لطيف

Title: Aḥmad'nāmah

Title: احمد نامه

Metrical account in mas̲navī form of Aḥmad Shāh Durrānī's invasion of India, in 1184 / 1770

Not dated

Language(s): Persian

Transcribed by order of G. J. Nicholls, Judge at Farrukhabad, from a manuscript obtained from Agra

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 179 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 165 × 265 mm.

Hand(s)

Large and inelegant nastaʿlīq

Decoration

Illuminated sar lawḥ (f. 1v) in plain gold wash, without outline or addition coloured ornament

Additions:

Binding

Seal(s):

Claud[e] Martin (f. 1v)

Owner's name 'Claud Martin' stamped above illuminated sar lawḥ (f. 1v)

History

Origin: 1770 - 1800 CE ; India

Provenance and Acquisition

William Irvine

Claud Martin

Lala Sarda Sahai

George Jasper Nicholls

1913-08-15

William Irvine

Record Sources

Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3. Available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts, manuscript number: MSS Eur E207/6 6_224r

Availability

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Bibliography

6_224r

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